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Woman fired for talking back to her boss
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese woman is suing her former employer after falling victim to the company policy of firing staff who contradict their boss three times, local media reported on Thursday.Boy I wouldn't last 10 minutes in this joint. HWA-1 Enterprise Co Ltd, a light industrial manufacturer based in China's southeastern port city of Xiamen, sacked a woman surnamed Ni for refusing to pay fines she incurred for talking back to superiors, Xinhua news agency said, citing a local newspaper. Oh great, the company can FINE you as well. The company's policy held that a "first contradiction of superiors" would incur a fine of 30 yuan ($4), a second would incur 100 yuan, and a third would warrant dismissal, the agency said. How enlightened. Ni incurred a 30 yuan fine after taking umbrage with her factory supervisor for reprimanding her for not filling in a form. I'm sure that the factory ground to a halt without that form, Mr. Boss-man. "The factory head told me that, according to company rules, no matter whether management is right or wrong, employees are not allowed to contradict them and must obey," Xinhua quoted Ni as saying. Scratch that, I wouldn't last FIVE minutes in here- I'd be laughing too hard. Ni was then threatened with a 100 yuan fine for refusing to pay the first fine, and was sacked after she threatened to report her supervisor to the company's human resource's department. Nice domino effect there. The factory's supervisor, surnamed Cao, said it was his legal right to sack Ni. Hiding behind the law, are we Mr. How-Now-Brown-Cao? "The company can terminate the contract of employees who seriously breach labor discipline or the company's rules," Xinhua quoted Cao as saying. Yeah, that form not being filled out was about as serious as you can get, wasn't it Mr. How-Now-Brown-Cao? Why, I bet dozens of workers lost their lives because that form wasn't on file. You're a hero man, really. Posted by: Free Radical 2007-09-07 |
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